'This has been the longest recession since the 1930s and it's triggered the sharpest increase in unemployment to date,' said Christian Weller, a senior fellow at the center and author of the report."Overall unemployment reached its highest level in 26 years in August, and the rate for minorities grew by more than the rate for whites, according to the report. Between the fourth quarter of 2007 and the second quarter of this year, African American unemployment climbed at 4.2 percentage point annual rate and joblessness among Hispanics rose at 4.1 percentage points per year, while the rate among rates increased 2.8 percentage points annually.
The disparity isn't unusual. During the recession lasting between March 2001 and November 2001, unemployment rates also rose at a sharper rate for all minorities, and the increases lasted longer for African Americans, the report said. While unemployment rates fell for whites and Hispanics after June 2003, they continued to rise for African Americans for four months longer.
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